Figure A1.88, Greasy Creek, 21, NTCC MH 1 564

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Greasy Creek (Shelby Mound, 41CP71)

 

VESSEL NO.: 21

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar with short rim (Figure A1.88)

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

 

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.4 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 19.0

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.4

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.1

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.9; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.3 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has horizontal brushing marks as well as single horizontal rows of tool punctations under the lip and at the rim-body juncture. The vessel body has six panels defined by vertical pinched ridges. Each panel is filled with diagonal brushed-incised marks and lines and overlapping diagonal incised lines (Figure A1.88).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Pease Brushed-Incised

 

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